Banjo Primer Book Overview - Learn Banjo with Progressive Lessons & Play-Along Tracks (Complete)

Geoff Hohwald introduces the Banjo Primer book and demonstrates how it teaches banjo through progressive, technique-focused arrangements. Perfect for self-taught banjo players!
🎵 What's Covered:

Overview of the Banjo Primer teaching method
Six arrangements of four classic songs
Progressive technique building (one new technique per song)
Demonstrations of all arrangements

📚 Songs Featured:

Boiling Cabbage Down (forward/backward rolls & slides)
Shady Grove (hammer-ons)
Worried Man Blues (alternating thumb roll)
Soldier's Joy (up-the-neck break)

🎥 Book Includes:

Downloadable video at 3 speeds (30, 40, 50 BPM)
Play-along tracks at 5 speeds (50, 60, 72, 86, 105 BPM)
Tablature on screen
Progressive difficulty

🔗 Recommended Resource:
The Gig Farmer YouTube Channel - Detailed banjo lessons for beginners
🛒 Get the Banjo Primer: Available on Amazon
Perfect for areas without local banjo teachers - learn at your own pace with structured, progressive lessons!
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Geoff teaches lessons based on his best-selling beginning Banjo book, The Banjo Primer. He has also published several other banjo books. Buy yourself a copy today on Amazon or call Geoff to schedule in-person or virtual lessons!

ABOUT:

Geoff Hohwald has been playing banjo since the 1960’s. He became active in the thriving bluegrass community in Ohio as a teenager while studying at Ohio State University. He has played professionally as a guitarist and banjo player with several bluegrass bands ever since.  Geoff moved to Atlanta after college and co-founded the Watch and Learn publishing company. They now publish a full line of musical instrument instruction books and digital modules.  He also owned several music stores in Atlanta from the 1980s through the mid-2000s and is still an active participant in the musical instrument re-sale community in the southeast.

Banjo Warehouse is a family business resulting from 50 years of experience in music and 40 years of experience in musical instrument retail sales and education. Our focus is on the 5-string flathead banjo, but we also occasionally have a good selection of guitars and mandolins (and other folk instruments).

0:00 - Introduction & Welcome
0:04 - About Geoff Hohwald & The Gig Farmer Channel
0:59 - What is The Banjo Primer Book?
1:23 - Overview: Six Arrangements of Four Songs
1:50 - Progressive Teaching Method Explained
1:54 - Boiling Cabbage Down #1 - Forward & Backward Roll
3:01 - Book Features: Video & Audio Downloads
3:47 - Split Chord Technique Explained
4:04 - Simplified Version Without Split Chord
4:35 - Complete Boiling Cabbage Down (Simplified)
4:37 - Boiling Cabbage Down #2 - Adding Slides
5:06 - One New Technique Philosophy
5:20 - Shady Grove - Hammer-Ons & Alternating Thumb
5:56 - Worried Man Blues - Forward & Backward Roll Variation
6:55 - Soldier's Joy #1 - Basic Arrangement
7:36 - Soldier's Joy #2 - Up-the-Neck Break
8:24 - Video Speed Options Explained (30, 40, 50 BPM)
8:55 - Play-Along Track Speeds (50-105 BPM)
9:26 - Seven Progressive Speed Levels
9:32 - How to Get The Banjo Primer Book
9:41 - The Gig Farmer Recommendation & Closing